[lit-ideas] some old bitterness

From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>

To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:57:38 -0400

Tenderness

It is the siren song, the Circe charm,
the drugged drink, the false alarm.
It is tenderness that ties the noose,
loads the revolver, lets hell break loose.
It is the lie of a million tongues.
It is the grease on the ladder's rungs.
It is the solvent that bonds the free.
It says, "Be false but tender to me."